Articles related to "Coping Skills"



Coping Skills - 2
Looking at how we react to situations, and changing our reactions, can go a long way in helping us through bouts of depression and lowered self image.

Coping Skills - Self-Esteem
Looking at how PTSD can affect our self-esteem and how it can be improved in time.

Coping Skills -Thought Stopping
How do we stop obsessive, destructive thoughts?

Coping Skills 101
The beginning of a series on learning, or brushing up on, coping skills in our lives.

Helping Kids Develop Coping Skills
Help kids learn how to cope with everyday issues by developing skills in communicating, problem solving, and relaxation.
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Helping Teens Express Feelings
Learn how to use modeling, reflective listening, scaling techniques and "I messages" to help teens accurately label the type and intensity of their feelings.
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Stress Management Skills for Teens
Kids today are dealing with more stress than ever before. Help your kids learn the tools for coping with the ups and down of life.
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The Truth About Self-Esteem
Self-esteem deficits have been blamed for everything from poor academic achievement to anger problems and violence.
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Alcohol Awareness Month
April is Alcohol Awareness Month, and April 5th is National Alcohol Screening Day. Getting kids involved in prevention efforts is the key to keeping them alcohol free.
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Communication Builders
Communicating effectively with kids is tough. Here are communication techniques to explore feelings, identify problems and move kids to problem solving.
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Creative Therapy: Written/Verbal Journaling
This is an exercise in written/verbal journaling entitled "A Journal of Acknowledgment.
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Cutting and Teens
Many teens, especially girls, are at risk for a form of self-mutilation known as cutting.
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Frustration and Disappointment
It's become popular in our culture to "protect" kids from bad feelings. But these experiences are necessary learning tools, and managing them requires critical skills.
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Nutrition and Mental Well-Being
This week, we continue our series on Nutrition and Disease Prevention, with a focus on Mental Well-Being and how nutrition can help.
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Positive Role Models for Teens
Kids look up to the adults in their lives. They look to us for protection, answers, and guidance. They also look to us for cues on how to act in everyday situations.
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Preventing Youth Worker Burnout
Working with kids is emotionally draining, but too much stress can lead to burnout. Here are some tips to keep the pressure from becoming overwhelming.
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Test Anxiety and Teens
More and more students are feeling stressed out about test taking and academics in general. How can we help them?
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Understanding Teen Depression
Depression is on the rise among our youth. Learn about the risk factors and signs of teen depression, and how you can help.
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AD/HD - Danger of Misdiagnosis
Much of the early information about AD/HD has changed over time. Adding to the confusion are the number of other conditions with similar symptoms.
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AD/HD Life Skills - Paper Clutter
People with AD/HD often use the "everything in plain sight" method of organization to keep reminders in view. Learn AD/HD friendly ways to rid yourself of paper clutter.
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Generalized Anxiety Disorder
People who suffer from Generalized Anxiety Disorder might be described as chronic worriers. Everyone worries, but people with GAD struggle with constant, irrational fear.
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Parenting and Prison Can Mix
Incarceration rates continue to rise in this country, and many of the men in prison are fathers. In one Midwestern facility, parenting classes offer help and hope.
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Quit Drinking Alcohol
Quitting drinking is the easy part, staying quit is the trick. Treatment programs decrease your chances of success in alcoholism recovery. Learn how to quit on your own.
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Raising a Grateful Child
Teaching a child about gratitude and to be thankful when they are young can have a long-lasting effect for the child on maintaining a positive outlook on life .
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Teen Tobacco Prevention
Learn a variety of strategies you can use right away to help kids stay tobacco free
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How to Cut and Install Baseboards
Reveals tips and tricks for mitering and installing baseboard without expensive power tools. These techniques also work on crown molding and chair rail.
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How to Handle Severe Anxiety
Anxiety can be unbearable and debilitating. Understand how to face severe anxiety, and learn valuable coping skills.
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Is Self-Mutilation a Disorder?
Self mutilation is real. Very real. And it seems as though it is becoming a new trend, especially among the youth of today’s world. But is it an actual psychiatric disorder? Should it be classified as an illness and included in the "bible" of psychiatric disorders, the Diagnostic Statistics Manual?
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Setting Limits for Kids
Family psychologist discusses reasons behind parents' difficulty setting limits and saying the word no along with the positive functions such limits provide.
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Teaching the ADHD Child
My friend, a teacher, asked me for ways to help her ADHD students cope better. I answered her in this article.
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Is Your Job Stressing You Out?
Most people say their jobs are a major cause of stress, and job stress affects everything else in their lives. Learning to deal with it effectively, then, improves quality of life immensely. Do you have a good way of coping with job stress? Please share it with the rest of us.
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Discrimation and Mental Illness
Mental Health--the subject scares almost everyone. What are the rights of the mentally ill, and what are the rights of those who live near them?
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Mental Stress
Mental Stress, an experience shared by all mankind can be life threatening. Learn how stress may be recognized and alleviated. Stress is not just a matter of feeling terrible!
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Classroom Rage
Classroom rage? A professor hurls erasers and epithets at students.
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Dealing With PTSD
PTSD is a common side effect of ritual abuse. Here I discuss what it is, the symptoms, and how it is treated.
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Influencing Factors of the Woman Alcoholic?
Brief article that describes the influencing factors women become alcoholic.
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Book Review--You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy?!
A book that really gets to the heart of those with ADHD. Eplanations and coping skills are explored in detail. A great book for an adult with ADHD or for someone who lives with an adult with ADHD
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Book Review: Skinny Boy
Anorexia is typically viewed as a female problem, but Gary Grahl's new book is an insightful look into the twisted mind of a young man with an eating disorder.
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Causes of Passive-Aggression
Passive-aggressive people express their anger and resentment toward others in passive ways because they feel that they cannot show their feelings overtly.
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Edie Sedgewick and Factory Girl
Factory Girl, a biopic directed by George Hickenlooper, documents the tumultous life of Edie Sedgwick, the Superstar actress of Andy Warhol's Factory
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From the Mailbag!

New Research on Depression
Did you know that nature & nurture combine to increase the risk of depression? Here's the new research on this mood disorder, plus new information about antidepressants.
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Substance Abuse Treatment
Thinking about getting help but not sure what to expect? Here are some of the things that usually take place in Substance Abuse Treatment Centers.
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Support for Caregivers Necessary
New study finds that interventions supporting family caregivers, especially of those with illnesses such as cancer and Alzheimer's disease, increase caregiver well being.
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The Face Behind the Gun
Our children are vulnerable. The need for positive role models and exposure to positive behavior is a must. They need help to develop self-esteem, hope and belief.
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"Strength in Knowing, Support in Sharing"
Support for women their families and friends on the Internet
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ADHD - Is It Time for a Fresh Look?
Mainstream science classifies ADHD as a neurological disorder that brings on coping mechanisms. But is it neurological, or simply learned responses to negative stress?
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Autism Support Mailing Lists
There are many forms of support available to parents who have children with autism. One form is the electronic mailing list.
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Cognitive-Behavior Therapy
Psychologist highlights critical elements defining cognitive-behavior therapy as an effective treatment with unique techniques.
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Counseling Strategies
Effective counseling techniques for counselors working in battered womens' shelters.
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